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Terminology
terminology for sections of body
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 2
09/08/2008

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LATERAL
Definition
away from the midline
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SUPEROIR
Definition
towards the head / upper part
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INFERIOR
Definition
away from the head/ lower parts
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ANTERIOR
Definition
towards the front
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POSTERIOR
Definition
towards the back
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MEDIAL
Definition
towards the midline
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LATERAL
Definition
away from the midline (towards the sides)
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INTERMEDIATE
Definition
between medial and lateral
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PROXIMAL
Definition
close to the body's axis
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DISTAL
Definition
away from the body's axis
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AXIS
Definition
head, neck and trunk only
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SUPERFICIAL
Definition
towards the surface
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DEEP
Definition
away from the surface - more interior
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APPENDICULAR
Definition
limbs or appendages - arms, legs, etc
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SAGITTAL PLANE
Definition
vertical cut
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MIDSAGITTAL PLANE
Definition
at exact midline
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PARASAGITTAL PLANE
Definition
off from the midline
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FRONTAL PLANE (or Coronal)
Definition
vertical cut that comes from the side that divides anterior from posterior
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TRANSVERSE PLANE
Definition
Horizontal cuts that divde superior form inferior sections
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OBLIQUE cut
Definition
a diagonal cut - can be within any of the divided sections
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DORSAL CAVITY
Definition
along back, comprised of Cranial cavity and vertebral cavity
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CRANIAL CAVITY
Definition
brain enclosed by skull
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SPINAL CAVITY
Definition
vertebral column enclosing spinal cord
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VENTRAL CAVITY
Definition
Front cavities
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THORACIC CAVITY
Definition
chest cavity
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PLEURAL cavity
Definition
two lung cavities - left and right lungs
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PERICARDIAL cavity
Definition
cavity for heart and around heart area including esophogaeus and trachea
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ABDOMINOPELVIC cavity
Definition
stomach - intestines - spleen - liver
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PELVIC cavity
Definition
bladder - rectum - reproductive organs
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VISCERAL ORGANS
Definition
internal organs - soft organs
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DIAPHRAGM
Definition
breathing muscle that separates the thoracic from abdominopelvic cavity
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SEROUS membranes
Definition
serosa or double layered membranes
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PARIETAL LAYER
Definition
layer closest to the wall of the cavity - covers cavity wall
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VISCERAL LAYER
Definition
layer covering the organs - touching soft organs
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SEROUS FLUID
Definition
fluid that lubircates between the membrane layers
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PARIETAL PERICARDIUM
Definition
membrane around the heart that touches the chest wall or outside of cavity
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VISCERAL PERICARDIUM
Definition
membrane layer that covers the heart and touches - inside layer
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PARIETAL PLEURA
Definition
membrane layer that touches the wal of the thoracic cavity
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VISCERAL PLEURA
Definition
membrane layer that touches the lungs and covers them
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PARIETAL PERITONEUM
Definition
membrane layer that lines the abdominopelvic cavity wall
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VISCERAL PERITONEUM
Definition
membrane layer that covers (touches) organs in abdominopelvic cavity
Term
NAME 6 OTHER BODY CAVITIES
Definition
nasal/ oral / digestive / orbitals/ middle ear / synovial joints
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NAME 9 REGIONS OF ABDOMINOPELVIC CAVITY
Definition
epigastric/ umbilical/ hypogastric/ right hypochondriac/ left hypochondriac/ right inguinal (iliac)/ left (iliac) inguinal/ right lumbar/ left lumbar
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NAME 4 ABDOMINOPELVIC REGIONS
Definition
right upper: RUQ
left upper: LUQ
right lower: RLQ
left lower: LLQ
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